Ask HN: Best ways to re-organize local journalism?

Thoughts or original ideas to re-organize the small to medium sized newspaper business to better support local reporting and journalism? Local ad revenues have dried up or disappeared in the past 20 years mostly due to a combination of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Craig's list. What are alternatives or better ways to establish local non-profit newsrooms? Supplementing them with taxed-based incentives on subscriptions has been suggested, but are there other options?